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    The document discusses Jose Rizal, a revolutionary hero in the Philippines who inspired the first anti-colonial movement against Spain. One intriguing issue is whether Rizal retracted his beliefs and converted to Catholicism before his execution. While a priest testified that Rizal signed a retraction, there is evidence that casts doubt on this claim, such as Rizal not receiving a Catholic burial and retraction papers only surfacing decades later with inconsistencies. The document analyzes both sides of the debate around Rizal's alleged retraction.

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    The document discusses Jose Rizal, a revolutionary hero in the Philippines who inspired the first anti-colonial movement against Spain. One intriguing issue is whether Rizal retracted his beliefs and converted to Catholicism before his execution. While a priest testified that Rizal signed a retraction, there is evidence that casts doubt on this claim, such as Rizal not receiving a Catholic burial and retraction papers only surfacing decades later with inconsistencies. The document analyzes both sides of the debate around Rizal's alleged retraction.

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    The document discusses Jose Rizal, a revolutionary hero in the Philippines who inspired the first anti-colonial movement against Spain. One intriguing issue is whether Rizal retracted his beliefs and converted to Catholicism before his execution. While a priest testified that Rizal signed a retraction, there is evidence that casts doubt on this claim, such as Rizal not receiving a Catholic burial and retraction papers only surfacing decades later with inconsistencies. The document analyzes both sides of the debate around Rizal's alleged retraction.

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    The document discusses Jose Rizal, a revolutionary hero in the Philippines who inspired the first anti-colonial movement against Spain. One intriguing issue is whether Rizal retracted his beliefs and converted to Catholicism before his execution. While a priest testified that Rizal signed a retraction, there is evidence that casts doubt on this claim, such as Rizal not receiving a Catholic burial and retraction papers only surfacing decades later with inconsistencies. The document analyzes both sides of the debate around Rizal's alleged retraction.

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    The Philippines is remembered throughout history as the site of

    Asia's first anti-colonial uprising. The Philippine Revolution was a long


    journey, and its victory may be attributed to a large number of people
    who fought bravely against the Spaniards rather than to a single
    person. Jose Rizal was a revolutionary hero in the Philippines. He is
    regarded as a national

    hero by the Filipinos. His writings awoke his
    countrymen and inspired them to launch Southeast Asia's first anti-
    colonial movement. One of the most intriguing issues was Jose Rizal's
    retraction, which was all about his conversion to the Catholic faith.

    Father Vicente Balaguer testified that he accepted a shorter


    retraction paper produced by the head of the Philippine Jesuit
    Society. Rizal penned his retraction after making minor changes to the
    text, in which he disavowed Masonry and theological ideas that were
    contrary to Catholic belief. On December 29, 1896, Father Balaguer
    stated that he spoke with Rizal three times. The first time was in the
    morning, and it was around this time that he presented Rizal with the
    retraction template, which he did not sign. Father Balaguer also
    claimed to be one of Rizal's afternoon visitors in his affidavit. He spent
    a lot of time with him, and Rizal signed his retraction letter on this day.
    In this issue of Rizal’s alleged retraction incident, the previously
    mentioned indicates the belief of Rizal not committing such
    declaration of withdrawal and confession. While the other stands for
    the contradicting, that of which claims Rizal of actually signing a
    statement of his retraction. There are sources indicating that there are
    proofs of Rizal not actually retracting. An example of such is his burial.
    He was not buried in
    a catholic cemetery and was listed as suicide or a
    criminal case, a neglected body along with the heaps of cadaver with
    unknown causes
    If he did retract, then the church, claiming his retraction and his
    reconciliation with the religion, would have a decency of giving him a
    proper catholic burial and declare his death under the list of
    Catholics, to acknowledge the confession the friars claimed they
    witnessed Rizal committed. The alleged retraction papers also only
    were revealed about thirty years after Rizal’s death. A matter of
    concern was uprooted when two statements of declaration were
    recognized, both of which had a great deal of differences. Some claim
    that the original copy aged and rotted in grasp of the Spanish Catholic
    friars.

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